The Right to Die

  • The Right to Die: The Law of End-of-life Decision Making
    The Right to Die: The Law of End-of-life Decision Making
    By Alan Meisel, Kathy L. Cerminara, Thaddeus M. Pope

    June 2, 2020) (per curiam) Here, Plaintiff Arlene Sumner, daughter of Edwina Timberlake, sued one of her mother's doctors and the hospital in which her mother died for medical malpractice and fraud. She alleged that her mother had died ...

  • The Right to Die
    The Right to Die
    By Rebecca Stefoff

    Another trend in dying began in London in 1967 , when a physician named Cicely Saunders revived an old idea and founded Saint Christopher's , the first hospice in the modern world . Hospices had existed during the Middle Ages .

  • The Right to Die: A Reference Handbook
    The Right to Die: A Reference Handbook
    By Howard Ball

    Gardner's condition did not qualify him to use the Washington Death with Dignity Act, which the state's voters approved in 2008. The law, modeled on one passed earlier in Oregon, allows terminally ill adults to obtain a doctor's ...

  • The Right to Die: Public Controversy, Private Matter
    The Right to Die: Public Controversy, Private Matter
    By Kathlyn Gay

    A discussion of the debate concerning the right-to-die issue, including past and present views on euthanasia, the controversial subject of assisted suicide, and the legal ramifications.

  • The Right to Die: Understanding Euthanasia
    The Right to Die: Understanding Euthanasia
    By Derek Humphry, Ann Wickett

    Assesses the pros and cons of euthanasia and examines significant legal and medical precedents that affect the right to die, in a treatment that covers active and passive euthanasia and suicide

  • The Right to Die
    The Right to Die
    By John Woodward

    Examines different points of view in the debate over the right to die, covering issues such as the legalization of physician-assisted suicide, compassion for the dying, and what should be the role of government toward terminal patients.

  • The Right to Die
    The Right to Die
    By Jennifer Dorman

    Presents articles discussing issues related to euthanasia, including its connection with religion, the legality of right-to-die laws, and the ethics behind physician-assisted suicide.

  • The Right to Die
    The Right to Die
    By Robert Taylor, Anne Wallace Sharp

    Hoefler and Kamore, Deathright, p. 43. 15. Pythia Peay, “A Good Death,” Common Boundary, September/October 1997, p. 34. 16. Quoted in William H. Colby, Unplugged: Reclaiming Our Right to Die in America. New York: AMACOM, 2006, p. 75.

  • The Right to Die: Understanding Euthanasia
    The Right to Die: Understanding Euthanasia
    By Derek Humphry, Ann Wickett

    The Right to Die: Understanding Euthanasia

  • The Right to Die
    The Right to Die
    By Tamara Thompson

    We all die, but should we have the ability to choose when? Death is part of life, but not everyone agrees on the details. What if you have painful, terminal illness? Is it okay to seek suicide if a doctor assists?

  • The Right to Die
    The Right to Die
    By John E. Ferguson

    Presents divergent views on euthanasia laws and legislation in the United States.

  • The Right to Die: A Reference Handbook
    The Right to Die: A Reference Handbook
    By Howard Ball

    This book provides a comprehensive and contemporary examination of the right-to-die issues facing society now that vast improvements in public health care and medicine have resulted in people not only living longer but taking much longer to ...

  • The Right to Die: Policy Innovation and Its Consequences
    The Right to Die: Policy Innovation and Its Consequences
    By Henry R. Glick

    -- Harry R. Moody, Brookdale Center on Aging, Hunter College

  • The Right to Die: V1 Definitions and Moral Perspectives: Death, Euthanasia, Suicide, and Living Wills, V2 Who Decides? Issues and...
    The Right to Die: V1 Definitions and Moral Perspectives: Death, Euthanasia, Suicide, and Living Wills, V2 Who Decides? Issues and...
    By Melvin I. Urofsky, Philip E. Urofsky

    This volume is a collection of writings and case studies around the topics of personal choice, AIDS and informed consent, due process and the right to die.

  • The Right to Die
    The Right to Die
    By Tamara Thompson

    We all die, but should we have the ability to choose when? Death is part of life, but not everyone agrees on the details. What if you have painful, terminal illness? Is it okay to seek suicide if a doctor assists?

  • The Right to Die
    The Right to Die
    By John Woodward

    In this timely anthology, the authors examine whether or not each person has a right to control the means and timing of his or her own death. The passionate legal...

  • The Right to Die: Understanding Euthanasia
    The Right to Die: Understanding Euthanasia
    By Derek Humphry, Ann Wickett

    "This book is an attempt to explain the complexities of the most controversial issue of the 1980s and 1990s against the historical, legal, religious and cultural background. The Right To...

  • The Right to Die: An Examination of the Euthanasia Debate
    The Right to Die: An Examination of the Euthanasia Debate
    By Miriam Cosic

    Focuses on the arguments, for and against euthanasia, and the philosophical, political and cross-cultural contexts of this age-old dilemma. Included are case studies of patients and their families who are...